2024 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
Version 1
Factors that influence a person's health include - ANSWER-family, role models,
social pressures, and self concept.
Disease prevention is composed of 3 levels: - ANSWER-primary, secondary and
tertiary
The roles of practial nurses in health promotion are - ANSWER-caregiver, teacher,
advocate, collaborator, and role model.
culture - ANSWER-learned patterns of behavior passed down through generations
values - ANSWER-deeply embedded feelings that determine what is good, bad,
right, or wrong
norms - ANSWER-socially acepted rules and behaviors that guide behavior and
interactions
folkways - ANSWER-customs in a culture that determine greetings
laws - ANSWER-written policies supported and enforced by the government
mores - ANSWER-moral issues strongly believed by a culture
sanctions - ANSWER-social remedies for violating norms
,symbols - ANSWER-language, gestures, or objects that people in a culture use to
communicate with each other
race - ANSWER-people who share similar physical characteristics
ethnicity - ANSWER-stable cultural patterns shared by families with the same
historical roots
transcultural nursing - ANSWER-viewing patients as belonging to a world with
many cultures
health - ANSWER-state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing
health promotion - ANSWER-health care directed toward increasing optimal level
of wellness
health restoration - ANSWER-tertiary disease prevention; rehabilitating and
restoring person
malnutrition - ANSWER-poor dietary practice from lack of essential nutrients or
failure to use available foods
general adaption syndrome (GAS) - ANSWER-alarm, resistance, exhaustion
fight-or-flight response - ANSWER-state of readiness
Change in lifestyle or personal habits is necessary to - ANSWER-promote maximal
health.
,Health maintenance focuses on - ANSWER-prevention and then need for early
diagnosis and treatment.
An important goal on the national level is to - ANSWER-expand health care
opportunities and eliminate disparities.
Health restoration begins after - ANSWER-the disease process is stabilized.
Health restoration aims to - ANSWER-restore function or help person compensate
for losses.
Healthy lifestyle includes - ANSWER-nutrition, exercise, mental health, avoiding
substance abuse, and disease prevention.
Culture is learned in - ANSWER-the home and community.
All groups have - ANSWER-beliefs and practices they maintain.
Cultural beliefs and patterns - ANSWER-distinguish culture groups.
Race and ethnicity determine - ANSWER-socioeconomic status.
The primary elements of culture are - ANSWER-beliefs, values, norms, sanctions,
and symbols.
Ethnicity means that - ANSWER-people have shared cultural heritage, race, and
geographical area, language.
, cultural awareness - ANSWER-learning the history of a patient's ancestry and
appreciating cultural differences, to understand how patients cope with problems.
cultural sensitivity - ANSWER-being correct in language and interaction to avoid
offending beliefs and practices
Transcultural nursing was developed to - ANSWER-bring client satisfaction, early
recovery, and meaningful death experience.
Hispanic Americans are the - ANSWER-largest and most rapidly growing ethnic
group in the USA.
Hispanics are from - ANSWER-Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, S
and C America.
Native Americans are the - ANSWER-4th major ethnic group and made up of 200+
tribes.
Native American families have - ANSWER-strong bonds.
Native American tribes are organized - ANSWER-matriarchially but gender roles
are flexible in large extended families.
African Americans include - ANSWER-slave and immigrant history from Africa.
African American history is similar to that of - ANSWER-the Caribbean.
European Americans make up - ANSWER-the largest cultural group int eh USA.